# HTTP/1.0 Authentication

Colin McCormick (cfm21@hermes.cam.ac.uk)
Sat, 30 Nov 1996 10:21:42 PST

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    On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Xander Holkner wrote:

    > >         Did anyone of you out there implement HTTP's Basic Authentication
    > > scheme in MOO object ?

    As someone already pointed out, HTTP Basic Auth uses Base64 encryption; I
    wrote a server builtin a few months back that will decode Base64-encrypted
    strings and I'd be happy to dig out a copy and mail it to you if you'd
    like.

    Colin